Bathing cap



Dec. 8, 1936.

P. A. w. DAVIES BATHING CAP Filed Juiy 18, 1955 P W Dav/e 5 I Patented Dec. 8, 1936 I 2 2,063,232

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BATBING CAP Phyllis Audrey Winnifred Davies, Otane,

Hawkes Bay, New Zealand Application July 18, 1935, Serial No. 32,091

In' New Zealand May-2, 1935 2 Claims. (01. 2-68) This invention relates to bathing caps. be provided between the ends of the tunnels at The object of the invention is to provide a cap the front and sides of the cap to enable the tapes which will exclude the water from entering the 5 to project for the purpose -of tightening them interior of the cap when in user by drawing them forward, thus tightening the According to the present invention, I provide layer of sponge rubber around the' head and a layer of sponge rubber on the inner side of the then tying them at 8 asshown in Figure 4. cap near the edge thereof, so as to bear upon the If a little water should leak through, or be head of-the person wearing it, while upon the absorbed by the sponge rubber. at the point 9, exterior or interior of the cap in alignment with it would be arrested at the pressure point of the 19 the layer of sponge rubber, I provide tunnel-like next tape. passages through which a tightening element In the case of the material of the cap being of such as straps or tapes are laced, which may be material other than rubber, i. e., a water-proofed tied and so tighten the edge of the cap and the fabric, a construction as in Figures 5 and 6 may layer of sponge rubber against the head of the be employed. In this case, the layer of sponge wearer. rubber is attached to the inner side of the cap The invention will be described with the aid of by stitching, or by a rubber solution, or by a the accompanying drawing, wherein:-- combination of both. In these figures the tun- Figure 1 isanelevation of arubber cap in which nels are formed by a piece of fabric Ill and ear flaps are used. stitched to the fabric ll of the cap along the 20 Figure 2 is an elevation of a cap without ear lines l2.

flaps. I The piece of fabric l0 may, instead of bein Figure 3 is a cross section of a portion of the stitched to the cap, be adhered by means of a cap on an enlarged scale. solution and, if necessary, further strengthened Figure 4 is a view of the front of the cap shown by stitching as shown. in Figure 2. 1 What! claim is:-

Figure 5 is across section, and 1. In a bathing cap, a layer of sponge rubber Figure 6 is a fragmentary view of a modified on the inner side of the cap around the inner cirform of the invention. cumference thereof, the lower edge of the layer Referring to the drawing, on the inner side of coinciding with the lower edge of the cap, a pair the cap I a layer of sponge rubber 2 is placed at of passages through the material-of'the cap imso or near the edge 3 or rim of the cap. On the mediately over the layer of sponge rubber, a pair exterior of the cap, opposite the layer of sponge of tapes threaded through the passages so as to rubber, tunnel-like passages l are provided bearupon the sponge rubber and enable it to be through which tapes 5 are laced and adapted to tightened against the head of the wearer in two be tightened to press the layer of sponge rubber places, the ends of the tapes extending out of against the head and finally secured in the tightthe passages at the front of the cap so that they ened position by tying. may be tied.

In the case of the cap shown in Figure 1, these 2- In the oap as claimed in claim 1, the P tunnels 4 commence from a position behind the sages extending from the front of the cap to a 40 ear flap 6, shown in dotted lines for clearer under p t on close to the ear and continued from a standing, and extend around the back of the position behind the car around the back Of the cap to the other ear flap. The tunnels I on the pfront extend from in front of the ear flap to near the front of the cap, so that a space I will PHYLLIS AUDREY WINNIFRED DAVIES. 

